chinook salmon

Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Federal Water Contracts Favoring Central Valley Project over Chinook Salmon [Winnemem Wintu Tribe]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Natural Resources Defense Council v. Haaland.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Reply Brief

IPR on the W. Great Lakes Salmon Fishery

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

The intro:

Managers of salmon in Lake Michigan must soon decide how many fish to put into the lake each year. The salmon fishery is a man-made industry in the Great Lakes, produced by planting millions and millions of fish in the lakes. Keeping the salmon population in balance with the food supply is a challenge these days. Some scientists are raising new questions about the salmon’s demise in Lake Huron and whether it can be stopped in Lake Michigan.

Swinomish Wins Salmon Protection Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The district court held that the Skagit County Dike District No. 22 violated the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act in the construction of tide gates in the Skagit River delta that injured salmon habitat. The case is Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. Skagit County Dike Dist. No. 22 (opinion here).